Communications Manager - Executive and Enterprise
The Executive and Enterprise Communications Manager is responsible for developing and executing communications strategies that support executive visibility, priority business initiatives and the enterprise reputation. This position partners with enterprise leaders and Communications colleagues to connect business priorities, executive platforms, and enterprise initiatives to develop clear consistent messaging and support organizational alignment around a shared narrative of value and growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Proactive Strategic Consultation & Counsel (50%)
- Serves as a senior communications partner to enterprise leadership, providing strategic counsel and support consistent messaging and execution.
- Engages leaders and key stakeholders early in the decision-making lifecycle to identify communication needs, assess stakeholder considerations, recommend messaging approaches and reduce risk.
- Brings an enterprise lens to communication strategies to align and engage internal teams while creating compelling external narratives.
- Enterprise Storytelling & Narrative Leadership (30%)
- Connects enterprise priorities to compelling, differentiated narratives that build organizational alignment on enterprise value and a growth mindset.
- Contributes to the development and maintenance of enterprise messaging architecture, applying structure and best practices, to support alignment during complex moments and transformations.
- Partners cross-functionally with Communications functional partners (e.g., Business Communications, Central Marketing, Agency) to deliver strategic storytelling, public relations, marketing activations, external engagement opportunities, and social/channel delivery for the enterprise narrative.
- Supports the development of longer-range communications and activation plans, identifying opportunities to bring enterprise narratives to life through executive platforms, earned media, marketing campaigns, events and other high-impact moments.
- Partners with agency teams and internal subject matter experts to develop briefs, shape creative and communications approaches, and coordinate integrated execution against enterprise priorities.
- Supports proactive and reactive issues and by developing recommendations for and coordinating crisis communications to protect and enhance the corporate reputation.
- Operational Excellence & Leadership (20%)
- Delivers disciplined communication execution for key enterprise and executive initiatives, ensuring all deliverables meet rigorous quality standards.
- Provides coordination for executive and enterprise communications.
- Monitors KPIs to measure the impact of enterprise communication initiatives, shares insights with stakeholders and recommends adjustments to improve effectiveness.
- Builds, motivates, and coaches communication colleagues (e.g., Storytelling, Speechwriting), fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, or a related field.
- Experience 8+ years of progressive corporate communications experience, with significant, direct experience providing strategic counsel to C-suite and executive-level leaders. Experience supporting integrated communications campaigns, executive visibility programs, earned media strategies, agency partnerships and high-profile events or activations.
- Strategic Acumen: Demonstrated ability to understand business priorities, provide communications counsel, recommend practical solutions, and navigate complex matrixed environments.
- Enterprise Mindset: Demonstrated ability to connect business and functional priorities, identify interdependencies and support consistent messaging across internal and external audiences.
- Communication Mastery: Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with proven ability to translate complex business issues into clear, engaging narratives for executive-level delivery.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Demonstrated success collaborating with integrated teams spanning internal comms, government relations, PR, brand marketing, and agency partners to deliver integrated communication plans.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in communications, Business Administration (MBA), or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting issues management or public affairs communications.
- Experience in agriculture, food, or other regulated and/or manufacturing sectors.
- Experience leading, coaching and developing a team of communication professionals.
The salary range for this role is $107,680 - $161,520. In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.
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About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
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